Term | Definition |
Radioactive dating | a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon |
Relative Dating | Scientist use this to determine the relative order of past events |
Egg | laid by animal or sexual reproduction |
Evolution | the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed |
sperm | is a male cell that is used in sexual reproduction |
Fertilization | the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant |
Mitosis | a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes |
Meiosis | a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number chromosomes of the parent cell |
Selective Breeding | a process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits |
Genetic Engineering | the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material |
Extinct | a species that is no longer living |
Pedigree Chart | is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene |
Mutation | the action or process of mutating |
Asexual Reproduction | a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism |
Sexual Reproduction | The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information |
Adaption | the action or process of adapting or being adapted |
sex-linked traits | a trait associated with a gene that is carried only by male or female parent |